Batman is the eleventh studio album by American recording artist Prince
and is the soundtrack album to the 1989 film Batman. It was released on
June 20, 1989 by Warner Bros. Records. As a Warner Bros. stablemate,
Prince's involvement in the soundtrack was designed to leverage the
media company's contract-bound talent as well as fulfill the artist's
need for a commercial (if not critical) revival. The result was yet
another multi-platinum successful cross-media enterprise by Warner
Bros., in the vein of Purple Rain. The album was placed #1 on
Billboard's album chart for six consecutive weeks. It sold nearly three
million copies in the United States alone.
